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Councilor Pushes for More Access to Hubway Bike Sharing Program

28 December 2012 - 11:14pm | superuser
by Tate Williams

BOSTON/Government Center - Boston’s bike-sharing program is heading into its third year as a major success, exceeding ridership expectations and planning to expand. But one city councilor has expressed concern that not all parts of the city are benefitting from the project’s success.

Councilor Charles Yancey, as part of the authorization of a $300,000 grant to expand the Hubway program, asked city staff involved to create a written plan for expansion into underserved areas such as Jamaica Plain, East Boston and Mattapan.

MBTA Fare Hikes and Service Cuts Draw Transit Activists to Protest at State House

5 April 2012 - 11:35pm | superuser
by Dave Goodman (I.B.I.S. Radio)

BOSTON/State House – By many measures, Wednesday was not a good day for the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Agency. A fire between Park Street and Downtown Crossing caused a long delay on the Red Line during the morning rush hour. In the afternoon, the Agency’s board voted 4 to 1 to raise fares on the “T” by an average of 23 percent and to cut services as a way of partially closing a budget gap this fiscal year of at least $160 Million.

MBTA 55 Bus Off the Chopping Block; Meeting to Save the Route Becomes Meeting to Improve It

22 November 2009 - 10:34pm | jpramas
by Jason Pramas

BOSTON/Fenway - A public meeting called by the Fenway Community Development Corporation to organize area residents to oppose the MBTA's proposed cut of the 55 bus route Monday, took a positive turn when State Rep. Byron Rushing's (D-Boston) aide Elizabeth Corcoran-Hunt announced that no bus routes were slated to go on the chopping block in the wake of an independent review of the T commissioned by Gov. Deval Patrick and released earlier this month. The 55 bus runs from the Fenway up Boylston St. to Copley Square and downtown Boston.

East Boston Neighborhood Close to Destruction After 40 Year Fight

27 June 2008 - 2:02pm | jpramas
by Zumix Journalism Group

BOSTON/East Boston - Recent developments in the 40 year fight to save the East Boston's Neptune Road neighborhood from destruction and incorporation into Logan Airport are chronicled in this two segment audio production by the Zumix Journalism Group, a radio training program for local high school kids based in East Boston. The latest battle in the fight with Massport - the state agency that runs Logan Airport - is an attempt to save the last house on Neptune Road and convert it into a visitor information center.

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